Big Shot By: Billy Joel This is my interpretation of the song as I hear it. I am a dueling pianist and love to play and sing. There are many chords in this song that are written as a triad over a bass note. This is because you should listen to the song and work out the correct syncopation with the bass and triad. If timed correctly, you will find this works very well. The Esus4 which appears commonly throughout should not have a third. But if it did, it should be thought of as an Em rather than EMaj. ========================================================== Intro: Em G Em G Em D6 C F/C C Verse 1:

Well you went ^Esus4uptown riding in your ^Glimousine With your ^Esus4fine Park Avenue ^Gclothes You had the ^Esus4Dom Perignon in your ^D6hand And the spoon up your ^Cnose ^F/C ^C

And when you ^Esus4wake up in the morning With your ^Ghead on fire And your ^Esus4eyes too bloody to ^Gsee Go on and ^Esus4cry in your coffee but ^D6don't Come bitchin' to ^Cme ^F/C ^C

Chorus:

Because you had to be a ^G/Fbig ^F/Cshot, ^G/Fdidn't ^F/Cyou You had to ^G/Fopen ^F/Cup your ^G/Fmouth You had to be a ^Gbig ^F/Dshot, ^Gdidn't ^F/Dyou All your ^Gfriends were ^F/Dso knocked ^Cout You ^Em7had to have the ^G/Flast ^F/Cword, ^G/Flast ^F/Cnight You know what ^G/Fevery^F/Cthing's a^Fbout You had to have a ^F/Cwhite ^Chot ^F/Cspotl^Cight You ^G/Chad to be a ^G/Dbig ^Dshot ^G/Dlast ^Dnight

Break - Same as Intro: Em G Em G Em D6 C F/C C Verse 2:

They were ^Esus4all impressed with your ^GHalston dress And the ^Esus4people that you knew at ^GElaine's And the ^Esus4story of your latest suc^Gcess Kept 'em so enter^Ctained ^F/C ^C

Aw but now you ^Esus4just can't remember all the ^Gthings you said And you're ^Esus4not sure you want to ^Gknow I'll give you ^Esus4one hint, honey you ^D6sure Did put on a ^Csho^F/Cw ^C

Chorus:

Yes, yes, you had to be a ^G/Fbig ^F/Cshot, ^G/Fdidn't ^F/Cyou You had to ^G/Fprove it ^F/Cto the ^G/Fcrowd You had to be a ^Gbig ^F/Dshot, ^Gdidn't ^F/Dyou All your ^Gfriends were ^F/Dso knocked ^Cout You ^Em7had to have the ^G/Flast ^F/Cword, ^G/Flast ^F/Cnight You're so much ^G/Ffun to ^F/Cbe aroun^Fd You had to have the ^F/Cfront ^Cpage, ^F/Cbold ^Ctype You ^G/Chad to be a ^G/Dbig ^Dshot ^G/Dlast ^Dnight Whoa...

Bridge:

^FWhoa ^F/Aoh ^F/Coh ^Cwhoa ^C/Ewhoa ^C/G ^GWhoa ^G/Boh ^G/Doh ^D7whoa whoa ^FWhoa ^F/Aoh ^F/Coh ^Cwhoa ^C/Ewhoa ^C/G ^GWhoa ^G/Boh ^G/Doh ^D7whoa whoa

Verse 3:

Well, it's ^Esus4no big sin to stick your ^Gtwo cents in If you ^Esus4know when to leave it alon^Ge But you went ^Esus4over the line you couldn't ^D6see It was time to go ^Chome ^F/C ^C

Chorus:

No, no, no, no, no, no, you had to be a ^G/Fbig ^F/Cshot, ^G/Fdidn't ^F/Cyou You had to ^G/Fopen ^F/Cup your ^G/Fmouth You had to be a ^Gbig ^F/Dshot, ^Gdidn't ^F/Dyou All your ^Gfriends were ^F/Dso knocked ^Cout You ^Em7had to have the ^G/Flast ^F/Cword, ^G/Flast ^F/Cnight So much ^G/Ffun to ^F/Cbe aroun^Fd You had to have a ^F/Cwhite ^Chot ^F/Cspotl^Cight You ^G/Chad to be a ^G/Dbig ^Dshot ^G/Dlast ^Dnight

Fade Out on Chorus Chords: G/F F/C G/F F/C G/F F/C G/F F/C G F/D G F/D G F/D G F/D

Billy Joel - Big shot